Nostril protector



Jan. 9, 1923.,

- H. BEALS.

osnm PROTECTOR.

FILED DEC-2.19.21.

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.llpplication filed hcoember f3, 1921. Serial lilo. Matt-9.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that lnnnr Bruins a citizen of the United States of America, residing at l loblesville, in the county of Hamilton and l ltate of llndiana, has invented new and useful Improvements in Nostril Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple andellicient means for protecting the nostrils of workmen engaged in occupations which expose them to flying dust as a means of preventing the breathing of the dust to the injury of the nasal throat passages and the lungs; and more particularly to provide a device for this purpose which can be applied. and worn with convenience and with out involving any obstructive or embarrassing projection from the face and without causing inconvenience or distress or interfering with the view of the wearer, and furthermore which will not restrict the freedom of the breathing operation but which on the other hand may be capable of adjustment to suit the nostrils of different sizes and to tilt afford any required or preferred freedom of the breathing operation even in excess of that which is normal to the wearer of the device; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a. preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanyingdrawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view of the device applied in the operative position.

Figure 2 is an. enlarged front view of the same showing one of the members or limits in the contracted. and the other in tire 6K- panded position.

l igure 3 is a plan view of the same showinc the parts in the positions indicated in Figure 2.

Figure 4. is an elevation of one of the shoes.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing a oint such as that used between the eirpanders and the shoes.

The device contemplates two members or units for respective insertion into thenostrils and connected by a yielding; how 10 similar to that employed in connection with eye glasses to permit of relative angular and lateral adjustment of the units or member.

lllli to adapt them to the relative positions of the nostrils of the wearer, each of said units or members consisting essentially of oppositely disposed inner and outer shoes 11 and 12 for respective contact with the walls of the nostril at its inner and outer sides, an e);- pander for controlling the relative positions of said shoes, and a brush 13 of which the bristles aredisposed radially from and are carried for example by a central core 1 and which serve to span the opening of the nos tril to interrupt the past ge thcrethrough of dust or other solid matter without substan ti-ally or materially interfering with the circulation of air in connection with the breathinn; operation.

In the construction illustrated the or:- pander consists of spacedtoggles 15 of which the arms are pivotally connected at their ins ner ends as shown at 16 and at their outer ends are pivoted to the shoes as shown at 17, each of said arms being of extensible con struction with the elements thereof overlapped and secured in adjusted relation by a set screw 18. The breaking and aligning of the to tract a..d expand the unit or member so that being introduced into the nostril in the contracted condition it may be expanded to bring); the shoes into bearing contact with the walls of the nostril to hold the device in place, and the adjustment of the lengths of the arms of the toggles serves to adapt each unit or member to different sizes of nostrils and to provide for any desired abnormal expansion of the notrils which may be re quired to give additional freedom. of breath ing, and may serve moreover as the means of causing a greater expansion of a nostril the outer end than at the inner end. of the device. should such an arrangement be pre' ferred.

ln the construction illustrated the core 14: of the brush. which may be of cork or other rel atively light n'laterial is supported by the toggles near the joints at the inner ends of the arms thereof, and the shoes at the inner sides of the members preferably consist of single rods as shown formed as extensions of the how 10 while the shoes at the outer sides of the members consist of open frames particularly illustrated in Figure 4 and formed of. wire or like material to the end that they do not cover any considerable portion of the surface of the nostril.

[is a means of swinging the toggles to expand or collapse the units or members opera tin 51 arms 19 conforming; in general contour to the how 10 are connected with the inner of the toggles arranged adjacent to the les serve as will be obvious to contion in the nostrils how, so as to be readily accessible to the operator.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is l. A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for insertion in the nostrils and carrying radially fibrecl brushes.

2. A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for insertion in the nostrils and carrying brushes having a central core from which ieltling' fibres project in radial relation.

3. A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for inserach having oppositely disposed shoes connected by toggles.

{L A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for insertion in the nostrils each having oppositely disposed shoes of which one consists of an open wire frame.

an es A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for insertion in the nostrils, each of which is provided with oppositely movable shoes connected by toggles or" which the arms are of adjustable lengths.

6. A nostril protector having expansible and collapsible units or members for insertion in the nostrils, each ha ring oppositely movable shoes connected by toggles of hi h the arms are of independently adjustable lengths.

7. A nostril protector having expansihle and collapsible units or meml'iers [or insertion in the nostrils connected l a common bow and each consisting o'l oppositely mo\ able shoes connected by toggles, and operal lug arms connected with the outer toggles and conforming; to said how.

In testimony whereol he a llixes his signature.

HENRY BEALS. 

